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[slackware-security] kdebase, kdelibs (SSA:2007-264-01)
New kdebase packages are available for Slackware 12.0 to fix security issues.
A long URL padded with spaces could be used to display a false URL in
Konqueror's addressbar, and KDM when used with no-password login could
be tricked into logging a different user in without a password. This
is not the way KDM is configured in Slackware by default, somewhat
mitigating the impact of this issue.
More details about the issues may be found here:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3820
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4224
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4225
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070919-1.txt
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4569
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4225
Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/kdebase-3.5.7-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz:
Patched Konqueror to prevent "spoofing" the URL
(i.e. displaying a URL other than the one associated with the page displayed)
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3820
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4224
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4225
Patched KDM issue: "KDM can be tricked into performing a password-less
login even for accounts with a password set under certain circumstances,
namely autologin to be configured and "shutdown with password" enabled."
For more information, see:
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070919-1.txt
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4569
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/kdelibs-3.5.7-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz:
Patched Konqueror's supporting libraries to prevent addressbar spoofing.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4225
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
directly from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated packages for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/kdebase-3.5.7-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/kdelibs-3.5.7-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 12.0 packages:
467ac64778e2a72334b4ac13ff6f3e98 kdebase-3.5.7-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz
13d4eeb321c922503e8edc49f40e95f4 kdelibs-3.5.7-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg kdelibs-3.5.7-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz kdebase-3.5.7-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz
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